My friend Gustavio Rizerio in his Bushwick studio. He said he needed some photos for a catalogue but I know they’re for Tinder.

Shanna is an epidemiologist, she just published « Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race » and if you are badly hypochondriac like me, it’s a freaky but excellent read.

You’ll never look at your testis the same way.

My excellent friend Paul Dilakian at The Real Deal got me a very short sitting with NYC mayoral candidate Ray McGuire, made easy by the fact he speaks perfect french.     

Jennifer Murphy is a writer and a volunteer EMT in  Brooklyn, she chronicle her year on the frontline of the epidemic in a book: First Responder: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Love on New York City’s Frontlines coming out in April.

We spent a lovely morning late december, in and around her house in Bedstuy, shooting some portraits and discussing our common plant hoarding tendencies.

Early August, Hauser & Wirth sent me for a quick studio-visit with Rashid Johnson to get a few portraits for the promotion of his upcoming exhibition.

Elizabeth Holtzman, former congresswoman, 1st woman to serve as DA of Kings County.

In July, Swiss magazine Generations made me crawl out of isolation for a few days to photograph some of the “seniors who made America”, some famous, some regular citizens.

I gathered the portraits in  a dedicated gallery for your viewing comfort. 

Bob Gore, photographer and civil rights activist.

Inca Mohamed, BLM activist

Inna Breite, retired teacher

Zolio Guillen, Technician

Bonita Knierim, factory worker, fervent Trump supporter

On July 7th 2014, 12 years-old Genesis Rincon got killed by a story bullet in a gang shoutout in Paterson, NJ. 

The aftermath of her death and the quest for justice of her family was the subject of my friend Jean-Cosme Delaloye’s documentary Stray Bullet.

Alexis Rincon, Paterson NJ

Surprisingly, during the court proceedings, a friendship developed between her dad Alexis and criminal attorney Harley Breite who represented one of the gunman; an colorful character, who lives with his mum, his ferrari and a loaded gun, safety off  in each and every room.

Jean-Cosme is now preparing a documentary serie  about their relationship and the long term impact of Genesis’ murder. He asked me to tag along and shoot portraits of the protagonists for pre- production.

Harley and his mum Inna

We met Genesis’ grandma, Susan whose health has been degrading and has been quarantined since the beginning of the pandemic in the basement of the house.

Susan Rincon, Paterson NJ

We met her uncle too. The Commissioner was a prominent figure in the streets of Paterson before being incarcerated on unrelated charges. He was let out recently due to the coronavirus.

Commissioner, Paterson NJ

Commissioner, Paterson NJ

More soon.

Mid-March, just days before the world went to absolute shit, Moya McAllister and Ed Levine at Psychology Today had given my dream assignment, shooting street portraits around the city for a few days to illustrate a story about the benefits of face to face interactions. 

You can see all the portraits, including many outtakes, here in a dedicated gallery.

I recently came out as an amateur botanist/ plant hoarder, these past few years I turned my Bushwick apartment into a small jungle, 130 plants and counting.

Amid that coronavirus shit, to retain a semblance of normalcy and not sink too deep into depression, I started photographing them. 

You can see more on my instagram